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Henry Lehrman (writer)
Release Date:
7 February 1914 (USA) more
Plot:
Charlie, dressed as a tramp for the first time, goes to a baby-cart race in Venice, California. He causes a great deal of trouble and confusion... more | add synopsis
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It's 1914 !!! more (16 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Charles Chaplin | ... | Tramp | |
| Henry Lehrman | ... | Film Director | |
| Frank D. Williams | ... | Camerman | |
| Billy Jacobs | ... | Boy | |
| Charlotte Fitzpatrick | ... | Girl | |
| Thelma Salter | ... | Girl | |
| Gordon Griffith | ... | Boy |
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Also Known As:
Kid's Auto Race
The Children's Automobile Race
The Pest (USA) (alternative title)
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11 min | Canada:6 min (Ontario)
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1.33 : 1 more
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This was the first film in which Chaplin played his most famous character, The Tramp. With only a small number of exceptions, Chaplin would play only The Tramp (or slight variations on the character) on film until The Great Dictator (1940). more
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Referenced in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| just heard my *what?* won't pass the censor? | tinkerchel |
| Technically NOT Chaplin's first appearance as the Tramp. | directorfitzy17 |
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"Kids Auto Races At Venice" (1914, Lehrman) This film marks the second film Charlie acted in and the first time we would see the famous 'tramp' character. It's six minutes of Charlie at a racing cart/box/derby race thing walking onto the racing track and in front of the cameraman. He is constantly shoved or knocked out of the picture. It's neat that the film gives us the 'camera' eye as well as a couple of other points of view. So we get to see Charlie intentionally blocking the camera and getting manhandled for it repeatedly. Charlie is like a fly that won't shoo. But, alas, six minutes of one routine is a bit much. And yet, this film is as much a part of our film history as any other 'important' picture. It's 1914 dudes!!